“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

Introduction During a research visit to the Kent History and Library Centre in October 2019, the bundle “MANORIAL DOCUMENTS AND DEEDS (1250-1927)” was ordered. The documents related to the Burrell family of Beckenham, Kent. My role was “research assistant” to my husband, Keith, who was working on deeds and leases relating to Shortlands House and Estate in the 17th and 18th centuries (see “Shortlands House and Estate 14th – 21st Century”).

Peter Burrell 1649/50 – 1718 ©Kent Archives Ref: U36/F1 Reproduced by kind permission ©Burrell Family Collection/Knepp Castle

One of the items in the bundle was U36/F1 “Burrell family – account book of Peter Burrell, including account of rents 1687-1694, repairs at Beckenham (no details) 1692; lands purchased 1698-1704, notes on birth and death of children 1687-1701”. It was a small notebook containing an inscription stating that it was the property of Peter Burrell.

The first 61 “folios” (double pages), neatly detailed the who, when and what of financial and land transactions. These I duly transcribed to confirm the dates and names of owners and tenants detailed various purchases, sales and exchanges of fields, houses, farms and estates.

This appeared to be the end of the accounts and there was a handy index of names at the back of the book.

However, leafing past the blank pages, I came to pages crowded with less carefully penned writing, with continuations in margins and marks indicating where, having run out of room on one folio, Peter had continued an entry on another page. I was reading Peter Burrell’s personal record of family events from his marriage in 1687 to the death of his eighth child in 1701. He had noted times of birth, detailed medical information about his wife and their babies and details of baptisms including the names of celebrants and Godparents. Linda Baldwin, January 2021 Research by Linda Baldwin Page 1

“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

Peter Burrell (PB1) was born in January 1649/50 at Holmstead House in Cuckfield, Sussex. He was the youngest child of 12 and the ninth son of Walter Burrell and his wife, Frances Hooper. Having spent several years in Oporto, Portugal, Peter returned to England and moved to Beckenham in 1684 residing “over against the pump at Beckenham”. H Rob Copeland supposed this to be at the bottom of Church Hill, between the High Street and present-day Kelsey Park. However, there is another village pump at the entrance to Kelsey Square, the site of original entrance to the Kelsey estate. In 1687 Peter married Isabella Merike (IB1), daughter of John Merik and Isabell (Burdett) of “Stubbers”, North Ockenden, Essex, an event he recorded in his notes:

“London in the year 1687 October 3 I Peter Burrell youngest son of Walter Burrell of Cuckfield in Sussex Esquire being then 36 years + 10 months old marryed Isabella Merik second daughter of John Merik of London Merch at the Parish Church of North Ockenden in the county of Essex by the Reverend Mr Herbert Rector of said parish when Isabella was aged 27 years the 22nd [September] preceding.”

The parish register describes Peter Burrell as of St Benet Fink, London (). Isabella had been christened at St Giles Church at , London on 9 October 1660. The couple soon conceived their first child. However:

1687 December 16 My wife after 4 days sicknesse miscarried having 2 days before been in very great paine occasioned by a false conception of which she being freed the 16th being Fryday 20th sneezing her frute came from her without any paine. Ditto 20th made my will at Holborn + leave it sealed up in my wife’s custody

In 1688 Peter, who was a merchant with interests in trade with Portugal and South America dealing in wine and bullion, bought “Kelseys” and surrounding lands from John Brograve, whose family had owned the lands since the 1400s. Peter enlarged the estate over several years, eventually owning a large tract from Beckenham High Street to Elmers End.

1688 October 5th Dyed my sister Wright in childbed [at Cranham Hall] of my godson John Wright who was christened at Loftsmore Malden in Essex [Great Totham, St Peter, Essex]. Mr Williams + myself stood with my sister Lettice for Godparents

“My sister Wright” is Isabella’s sister, Anne Merike (1658-1688), the first wife of Nathan Wright, who later inherited the title 2nd Baronet of Cranham Hall and was Keeper of the Great Seal of England from 1700 to 1705. Anne and Nathan had two sons: Nathan (1684- 1737), who inherited the baronetcy and John (1688 -?).

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

The following year, Isabella gave birth to their eldest daughter, Frances, in their London house in St Benet Fink, .

1689 Being Satterday Augt 24th at three in the afternoon was borne my daughter Frances Mrs Dodson midwife at whose labour assisted my mother Mrs Hopgood Mrs Pirie Mrs Travanyon Mrs Gardiner + her 2 daughters at Woodscourt in in St Benet Frith Parish [City of London] Christened by Mr Kidder the 3 7ber my mother Merik + my sister Jane Burrell Godmothers (my sister [in-law] Lettice stood for my sister Jane) my Bro[-in-law] Francis Merik Godfather

Baptism of Frances Burrell, St Benet Fink, City of London Notice the custom for married female relatives and friends to keep company with the mother during labour in addition to the midwife. Each female child at baptism had two Godmothers and one Godfather, the boys having two Godfathers and one Godmother. Frances Burrell’s Godparents were her grandmother, Frances (Hooper) Burrell, her aunt, Jane Burrell (for whom her aunt Lettice Merik stood proxy) and her uncle Francis Merik.

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1689 7ber 10 I + my mother + Mad Horsnell stood for [Godparents] to my Bro [Francis] Meriks daughter Frances at Northcot in Midx

A week after his daughter’s christening, Peter Burrell stood as Godfather for his brother-in- law Francis Merik’s daughter, also called Frances, at the Merrik family home in Hayes, Middlesex. The birth of Peter’s first son, Walter, the following year occasioned some worry and he was christened at 12 hours old, his parent’s fearing he would not live. Research by Linda Baldwin Page 3

“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

1690 Xber [December] 3 about ¾ past five in the morning was borne my son Walter Burrell + christened the same day at 6 o’clock in the afternoon My Brother Timothy Burrell + Mr Symon Cole Godfathers + my sister Lettice Merike Godmother in Bishopsgate Street in St Martins Outwich parish Xtened by Dean Kidder Mrs Dodson midwife only my mother with our own servants Eliz Terry Eliz Coleman + Nana Gotts present at the birth whom God grant Life + Grace to do much good in his generosity

Burial Register St Martin Outwich, City of London Walter survived for eight months, but was unwell in August 1691 and was nursed for a week before it became clear that he would not recover. Peter faithfully recorded Walter’s illness:

Aug 18 1691 My son Walter tonight was taken with a swelling under his right ear which made him very fractious and unquiet together with his teeth The 24th he was given over for Desperett or past recovery having blisters under behind each eare for [ ] which appeared only by his moving his lips in his sleep in a manner of sucking the 27th at half an hour past 10 at night he departed having had many intervalls that gave us hope of a [=inendmont] but being taken with an [=aloir]enesse + a vomiting It so weakened him that he was past all hope The 29th at eight at night he was intered at St Martins Outwich Parish under my wife’s pew the service performed by Dr Kidder Bishop of Bath + Wells

Burial Aug 29 1691, St Martin Outwich, City of London Isabella, as was the practice, rented a pew for exclusive use of her family in their parish church of St Martin Outwich and it was here, in the body of the church, beneath her pew that Walter was laid to rest.

The loss of Walter clearly made Peter more acutely aware of the precarious hold infants had on life. In his record of the next birth, he offers a prayer that this child may live but, if he could not, that the child be “translated to the Eternall Joy that God grant we may all attain”. It appears that this was a healthy child but he was baptised at home three weeks after his birth having become “dangerously ill”. ©Kent Archives Ref: U36/F1

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

1692 Aug 6 Being Satterday at a quarter past two in the morning was borne my second son Peter Burrell my wife delivered by Mrs Dodson + only Mrs Gotts + my own family present. Whom the divine Providence dispose of as may be most for his glory + for his [ ] Parents comfort that God will he lives to maturity that he may do much good in his generation But if it be his Pleasure to take it away in its innocence maybe translated to the Eternall Joy that God grant we may all attain Baptised the 26th Aug my brother Merik + Mr Latter Godfathers + my sister Mary Burrell godmother for whom my mother stood It was in God baptized by 2 or 3 in the morning dangerously ill by Gripe [ ] Mrs Davis [ ] + so continued to [ ] He began to be griped + had a lossenesse + cold sweats the Nurse having not milk enough [ ] Mr B[erow] our Rector perfected the Baptism of my son in my new Dwelling house at Bishopsgate Street the 26th Aug [ ] Towards the last 8 days of this mo of 7ber the Boy thrived very much wch God continue

Baptism 26 August 1692, St Martin Outwich, City of London This was the first birth in the Burrell’s new house in Bishopsgate Street. Young Peter (PB2) survived his illness and lived to inherit the Kelsey lands and stand as Member of Parliament for Haslemere and Dover. It was almost two years before the birth of their fourth child, named Isabella. Again, Peter is concerned about the health of the “very small” baby:

1694 June the 24 at halfe an houre after four in the morning was Borne Isabella my second Daughter + fourth Child Present my mother my sister[-in-law] Tuffnail + our own + her servants being Sunday morning – [ ] Baptised Was Baptised the day following my Bro: Timothy Burrell Godfather my mother + sister Tuffnail Godmothers / was a very small Child at its Birth my wife sukleing it the Child thrived well but about 6 weeks old my wifes milk Dryd up + it was [ ] at North Cott + [ ]ing its being much troubled with w[ ] otherwise very well being about 9 weeks old.

Isabella’s baptism appears on the same page of the St Martin Outwich register as her brother Peter’s.

Baptisms 25 June 1694, St Martin Outwich, City of London Isabella seems to overcome the problems of her first few weeks and was drinking “barley milk”, a mixture of milk and finely ground barley which is easily digested and used in weaning.

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

But tragedy struck this small, plump, quiet and pretty baby in her eighth month:

1694/5 February the 6 about 2 in the morning my Daughter Isabella dyed as was supposed strangled [choked] in Vomatting. It went well to bed + as usuall drank Its barly milk qtare a Pint It being unquiet [screached inserted above] the maid As Wensday morning [ ]nd it + lighted a candle + found it seam wth Life in + she was not Large but plump + a very quiet + pretty Babbe whom God grant his grace to follow [ ] his Eternall Joy for Jesus Xst sake amen ST –

She was buried the 8th February at St Martin Outwich in Bishopsgate Street

Baptism 8 February 1694/5, St Martin Outwich, City of London

During 1695 the family moved their principal residence from Bishopsgate Street to Beckenham and the bodies of Walter and Isabella were removed from St Martin Outwich church to St George’s Beckenham, where they were reinterred together beneath the family pew:

My son Walter in 1695 were Both taken up at St Martins Outwich + carried to Beckenham + Enterred under our pew in Beckenham Church

Between June 1694 and September 1696 there are no details of births, deaths or sickness in Peter’s book. In September 1696 another son, Merik, was born. Again, Peter documents a difficult birth but this time the baptism is performed when the child is 11 weeks old, not at Beckenham, but at St Martin Outwich.

1696 Laus Deo [ ] 1696 7ber 13th about Two in the morning was borne my Third son at my house in Bishopsgate Mrs Dodson midwife My wife had a severe Labor + the Boy came into the Wor[l]d with his face upward Divine Providence grant him life + grace to serve him faithfully + to do much good in his Generation if it be his Will that he live to maturitie But if it be his Divine Pleasure to take him from us in his infancy God Grant he may be translated to those Joys wch are at his right hand for Ever more – Said Babbe was Christened the Fryday the 27 9ber + named Merik my Bro Merik + Bro Tuffnail Godfathers + my mother Godmother Xtened by Mr Joans Dr Bevridges Reader Mr Berrow being out of town

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

Register of Baptisms St Martin’s Outwich, Bishopsgate Street The reason for the baptism being performed in London is explained by the next entry. Isabella’s mother had been seriously ill and only days after the baptism was confined to bed at the Burrell’s Bishopsgate house, where she died on 16th December.

1696 -----Dec 16 ----- My mother[-in-law] Mrs Isabella Merik the Relict of John Merik of London Mercht Departed this Life in the Sixty Eighth year of her age having been indisposed of a weknesse of stomach about [ ] wich terminated in the entire want of Digestion having been confined to her bed about 14 days she wth much resignation Left this Life (without the least discomposure) for a better, Divine Providence fitt me + all her relations she has left behind her for our Last Change + tht we may meet all in a happy resurrection She was the youngest Daughter of Sr Thomas Burdett of Formak [Foremark] in Darbyshier + is interred at Northcott in the Garth of Hays [Hayes Middx Parish] by her husband [Margin note] She dyed at my house in Bishopsgate Street St Martin Outwich Parish

23 December 1696 Burial St Mary the Virgin, Norwood Green, Ealing, Middlesex The next entry in the burial register is for Isabella Merik’s infant grandson, Francis Merik, five weeks later.

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

In the summer of 1697 Peter and Isabella’s son, Merik, fell ill. At first his symptoms were thought to be teething, but his condition deteriorated and the weakened child died on 26th June. Merik was the first of Peter’s children to have a burial service at St George’s Church, Beckenham, where he was laid to rest beside his brother and sister:

1697 Laus Deo the 26 June 1697 [ ] Then Dyed my son Merik having been indisposed for [ ] 14 days his distemper we supposed was heeding his Teeth + [ ] wch turned him into a feaver + into fitts when weaker + having Laine with great quietnesse he departed about one in the afternoon being Fryday giving some Violent screaches Dr Atheton + [ ] all neighbors being present at my house in Beckenham + was there interd the 29th following at night + placed by his Bro + sister under my pew.

The parish register of St George’s Church Beckenham has the burial on 28 June 1697.

Ten months later Isabella gave birth to their sixth child and third daughter, the second to be named Isabella (IB3). Once again, the birth is fraught as the baby is born with the cord around her neck, but there is no urgency to have her baptised. Peter notes that the child has a birthmark by her left ear and that he has amended his will to take account of his son Merik’s death and Isabella’s birth.

1698 April 10 being Sunday was Borne my 3d daughter Isabella at ½ an hour after 10 at night my wife was delivered by Mrs Tranby of Bromley fo 79 From Fo. 85 At my [ ] Daughter Isabella [ ] birth was my sister Merik Mrs Stile Mrs Gatton Mrs Asheton Mrs Brograve Goodwife Pergrave + my sister Tufnail with own [ ] She had the navle string around her neck that had almost strangled the child she was christened the day senight [week] at the Parish Church of Beckenham My sister Merik + sister Tuffnail Godmothers + standing for my Bro Alexander Burrell for Godfather + while 3 Aug she hath continued very thriving shes marked on the left side of her face close by her eare as my wife supposeth for a steak of loine of mutton + some little red spots about her eyelid + forehead supposed to ….. I have altered my will giving her which was intended her sister or her bro Merik deceased fo 78

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

The next entry concerns Peter’s son and heir, Peter (PB2), who was then a month short of his seventh birthday. Peter relates the circumstances of an accident involving the boy and a coach horse at Francis Merik’s house at Northcott:

1699 July 17 ought never to be forgotten about 7 o’clock that evening my son Peter being at his uncle Meriks at Northcott in his yard with his children and most of his servants one of the boys coming with a coach horse from watering he broak lose from the boy turning towards the stable my sons back being towards him he ran upon him + struk him on his face + trod on both his legs with his hind feet yet by the great goodness of Providence the child received little or no hurt ether by the of seeing the horse upon him or by the fall or horses treading on him only the calves of both his legs were something bruised foral Great mercy the God of Heaven be ever praised. I magnified for his goodnesse to ye children of mine.

©Kent Archives Ref: U36/F1 Peter and Isabella’s brother-in-law, the husband of Lettice (Merik) Tuffnail, died In September 1699 and was buried in the vault of St Martin Outwich.

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

The following month Peter and Isabella’s fourth son and seventh child, another Merrick (MB2), was born at Beckenham. Once again Peter gives details of a difficult delivery and the cord being wound around the child’s neck and arm, which is said to be caused by the mother “stooping to reach something from the ground”. The baby was baptised the following Sunday at home. The recently widowed Lettice Tuffnail stands as Godmother and the chaplain and Isabella’s brother were Godfathers.

October 31st 1699 Being Teusday was borne my 2d son Merrick at about a quarter past eleven in the morning being my 4th son and seventh child at Beckenham in Kent My wife was delivered by Mrs Tremby of Bromley in the presence of Mrs Stile my sister Merrick my sister Tuffnail Mrs Brograve + T[ ] P[ ]’s wife + my [ ] the navell string twice round his neck and once about his arme, which they impute to her stooping to reach thing from the ground and caused the greater difficulty in her delivery. He was baptised the 5th of [November] at my house Mr Robt Nilrom + my brother Merik Godfathers (Mr Stile standing for my brother) was Christened by Mr Nilrom Chaplin my sister Tuffnail Godmother

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Their next child was born some 16 months later in the winter of 1700 (1701). The child was weak and was baptised on the day of his birth. Unusually, Peter doesn’t give the time of birth and only two Godparents are listed. The new baby was named Walter (WB2) and lived less than two weeks. He is buried in St Georges Church with his three siblings beneath the Burrell pew.

1700/1 Was borne 2d son Walter Mrs Stiles + my Bro Merik Godfather was delvd by Mrs Tremby in the presence of Mrs Stile Mrs Gatton + my own family + was baptised same day + lived about 14 days being very weakley from his birth + was intered wth the rest of my children at Beckenham Church under my pew this my 5th son + eight child.

The St George’s Church parish register records Walter’s baptism on 5 January followed 10 days later by his burial on 15 January 1700/1.

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“Accompt of Writing belonging to me Pet. Burrell” Notes on marriage, birth and death 1687 - 1704

There are no further births or deaths recorded in the book. However, the parish register records the baptism of their daughter Ann on 3 May 1702 and of John on 5 September 1703, followed by John’s burial on 8 September 1703.

The final personal entry was recorded in 1701. Peter relates another story of a near tragedy when his son, Walter (WB2), was rescued unconscious from the river below the lake at Kelsey:

©Kent Archives Ref: U36/F1 According to reports of the time, there had been a hard frost in the winter of 1701 followed by a severe southerly gale on 29 January, during which ships were wrecked, trees uprooted and buildings damaged in southern England and East Anglia.

Peter entered the last financial transaction in his account book in 1704.

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NOTES For the sake of clarity, I have arranged the events in chronological order, rather than in strict order of appearance in Peter’s book. The Calendar: Peter Burrell’s year started on 25 March (Lady Day) and ended on 24 March. This leads to confusion for us when, for instance, his daughter, Isabella Burrell, is born on 24 June 1694 and dies seven months later on 6 February still in 1694. From 1752 onwards the English Calendar Year starts on 1 January and finishes on 31 December. However, Lady Day (since adjusted by 11 days to 6 April) continues to be the start of the Financial Year. The autumn months are often abbreviated to 7ber (September) 8ber (October) 9ber (November) and Xber (December). The Church of St Martin Outwich: This church known to Peter Burrell was a 14th century church situated in the City of London at the corner of Threadneedle Street and Bishopsgate Street. It had survived the in 1666 and in 1736, “Robert Cater, Esq., Alderman to Cheap Ward London” was presented with a lithograph of the church. It was damaged in a later fire and rebuilt in 1796-98. The church was demolished in 1874 and the burials and monuments removed to the Church of St Helen in Bishopsgate. Houses Beckenham Peter’s House in Beckenham from the mid-1690s is Kelsey, formerly the Brograve’s ancestral home, which he purchased in 1688. Bishopsgate Street Peter mentions his “new dwelling house” in Bishopsgate Street near the Church of St Martin’s Outwich in August 1692. He is listed in the Land Tax records as a tenant of Bishopsgate Within Ward in 1692, as is his widowed mother-in-law, Isabella Merik, who resided at Hammonds Alley with her daughter Lettice. They retained the house until at least 1696. Northcott, Middlesex (now part of Ealing) was the family home of Isabell(a) Burdett and John Merike. The property was given to Isabella Burdett before her marriage to John, and later bequeathed to their daughter Ann Merike. The property reverted to Nathan Wright on his marriage to Ann in 1682. In 1689, following Ann’s death, there was a court case “Wright v Merik” concerning the property in which Nathan and his infant sons, Nathan and John, were plaintiffs and Isabel Merike (née Burdett), her children Francis, Lettice and Isabella Burrell and Peter Burrell were defendants (National Archives). However, in Nathan’s will, which was proved in 1727, he passed these rights in the Northcott property to his fourth wife, Abigail (Tryst), and to her heirs. Ann and Nathan’s son Benjamin inherited the baronetcy and his father’s seat of Cranham Hall in Essex. The Merike family graves are within the Parish Church of St Mary, Norwood Green, Hayes, Middlesex. Woodscourt, Broad Street was Peter and Isabella’s first home in London 1687-1692. Their first child, Frances was born here.

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Family Peter Burrell names several family and friends in the account book, making no distinction between his own siblings and those of his wife. As was common in the 17th century, ladies are referred to by Christian name until their marriage and then by their husband’s surname “my sister Lettice” and “my sister Tuffnail” both refer to Peter’s sister-in-law Lettice (Merik) Tuffnail. The following may help to identify who’s who: BURRELL FAMILY Peter’s parents: Walter Burrell and Frances (Hooper) Burrell Peter’s siblings: Walter Burrell, Ninian Burrell, Thomas Burrell, Frances (Burrell) Bridger, Jane Burrell, Timothy Burrell, Alexander Burrell and Ralph Burrell Peter (PB1) and Isabella’s (IB1) children: 1) Frances (Burrell) Wyatt (1689-1753), 2) Walter (WB1) (1690-91), 3) Peter Burrell MP (PB2) (1692-1756), 4) Isabella (IB2) (1694-95), 5) Merrick Burrell (MB1) (1696-97), 6) Isabella (Burrell) Dalyson (IB3) (1698-1762), 7) Merrick Burrell MP, 1st Baronet Burrell of West Grinstead (MB2) (1699-1787), 8) Walter Burrell (WB2) (1700/1-1700/1) 9) *Ann (Burrell) Acland, (1702 -1771) 10) *John Burrell (1703 - 1703) * Ann and John’s births are not recorded in the account book. However, Leland Duncan’s 1889 transcript of St Georges Church registers confirms the baptisms were performed on 3 May 1702 and 5 September 1703 respectively and John’s burial was entered three days after his baptism on 8 September 1703. MERIK (Merrick/Merike) FAMILY Isabella’s parents: John Merike and Isabell (Burdett) Merike - buried in the Nave of St Mary, Norwood, Middlesex Isabella’s siblings: Francis Merik, Ann (Merik) Wright and Lettice (Merik) Tuffnail

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Peter Burrell’s family, friends, neighbours, churchmen and servants

Name Relationship to Date(s) mentioned What/where Peter Burrell (PB1) Atherton, Dr 1697 Present at death of Merik Burrell, Beckenham Berrow, Mr Thomas 1694, 1696 Rector, St Martin Outwich, London Beveridge, Dr 1696 Celebrant at Merik Burrell’s Joans, Mr baptism, St Martin Outwich Burdett, Sir Thomas Grandather-in- 1696 Of Foremark, Derbyshire law Burrell, Alexander Brother 1698 Rector of Puttenham, Hertfordshire Burrell, Jane Sister 1689 Burrell, Mary Sister 1692 Burrell, Timothy Brother 1690, 1694 Barrister in London, of Ockenden House Cuckfield, Sussex Burrell, Walter Father 1687 Of Cuckfield, Sussex Cole, Symon Friend 1690 Godfather to Walter Burrell (WB1) at Bishopsgate Street Dodson, Mrs 1689, 1690, 1692, Midwife at the Broad Street & 1696 Bishopsgate houses London Gardiner, Thomas Business 1687 “The Unicorne Leaden Hall Street” associate Herbert, Reverend Mr Celebrant at 1687 Rector of North Ockenden, Essex marriage Horsnell, Mad. 1689 Godmother to Frances Merik Kidder, Mr/Dean/Dr 1689, 1690, 1691 Rector of St Benet Frith, Dean of St Martins Outwich & Bishop of Bath and Wells Latter, Mr Friend 1692 Godfather to Peter Burrell (PB2) Merik/Wright, Anne Sister-in-law 1688 Sister of Isabella, died at Cranham Hall, Essex Merik, Elizabeth Sister-in-law 1698, 1699 Wife of Francis Merik, Northcott, (Trussell) Middx Merik, Francis Brother-in-law 1689, 1696, 1700/1 Brother of Isabella, of Northcott, Middlesex Merik, Mrs Isabella Mother-in-law 1696 Mother of Isabella, Francis, Ann (called “my mother”) and Lettice Merik Merik, John Father-in-law 1687 Merchant of London Merik/Tuffnail, Lettice Sister-in-law 1688, 1694, 1698, Sister of Isabella 1699, 1701 Nilrom, Mr Robert Chaplain, St Georges, Beckenham Tranby/Tremby, Mrs 1698, 1699, 1700/1 Midwife of Bromley Tuffnail, John Brother-in-law 1696 Husband of Lettice Merik, Godfather to Merik Burrell (MB1) Williams, Mr 1688 Godfather to John Wright Wright, John Nephew & 1688 Born at Cranham Hall, Essex Godson

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Peter Burrell’s family, friends, neighbours, churchmen and servants

Name Relationship to Date(s) mentioned What/where Peter Burrell (PB1) Gardiner, Mrs Friends & 1689 Present at birth of Frances Burrell Hopgood, Mrs neighbours, London Pirie, Mrs Trevanyon, Mrs Asheton, Mrs Friends & 1698. 1699 Present at birth of Isabella, Merik Brograve, Mrs neighbours, (MB2) & Walter (WB2) at Beckenham Beckenham Gatton, Mrs Pergrave, Goodwife Stile, Mrs Coleman, Eliz. Servants, 1690, 1692 Davis, Mrs London Gotts, Mrs/Nana Terry, Eliz.

REFERENCES: Kent History and Library Centre, Kent Archives Service ref: U36/F1 “Burrell family – account book of Peter Burrell, including account of rents 1687-1694, repairs at Beckenham (no details) 1692; lands purchased 1698-1704, notes on birth and death of children 1687-1701”. *Reproductions of the account book by kind permission of KHLC, Kent Archives Service Bromley Historic Collections Transcriptions of St Georges Beckenham Registers by Leland Duncan (1899) and Jean Rawlings (c1975) Ref: P/19/1/2 Sussex Archaeological Collections Volume XLIII, published 1900, has an abundance of information on the Burrell family, including monumental inscriptions and portraits (see index p290), also mentions Peter’s father-in-law, John Merik (pp31-32). https://archive.org/details/sussexarchaeolog43suss “Peter, the 9th and youngest son of Walter Burrell, Isabella, who married Thomas Dalyson, of was looked upon as the head of the family after his Plaxtool, Wrotham, and was buried there in 1762; brother Timothy's death, for to him were assigned and Anne, who married Richard, 2nd son of John the family pictures. His son's monument at Acland and brother to Sir Hugh Acland, Bart, of Cuckfield states that he settled" at Beckingham in Colombjohn, Devon," and was buried at 1684. He bought Kelseys, in that parish, in 1687, Beckenham in 1771. Peter's monument at from the Brograves, who had held it from the time Beckenham bears the following inscription: of Richard II., and in the same year married

Isabella, daughter of John Merik. "Near this place lyes interred the body of Peter They had ten children, of whom only two sons, the Burrell Esq re the 9th son of Walter Burrell of eldest, Peter (b. 1692), and the fourth, Merrik (b. Holmstead House in the Parish of Cookfield” 1699), survived them, and three daughters — Frances, who married Richard Wyatt, of Egham;

Shortlands House and Estate 14th – 21st Century, K M Baldwin 2020 http://www.beckenhamplaceparkfriends.org.uk/ShortlandsHouse.pdf Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Find My Past: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ Research by Linda Baldwin Page 15

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Acknowledgments I would like to express my gratitude for the help received from the staff at Kent History and Library Centre and Bromley Local Studies Library who have been so encouraging. My thanks to Sir Charles Burrell, 10th Baronet for providing the portrait of Peter Burrell. Also, many thanks to Keith Baldwin for researching and constructing pedigrees of the Burrell and Merik families and their many offspring. Kent History and Library Centre is located at James Whatman Way, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1LQ. For information about the centre and how to access the archives go to: www.kentarchives.org.uk Bromley Local Studies Library is located at High Street Bromley, Kent BR1 1EX. For information about the library and how to access the archives go to: www.bromley.gov.uk/historiccollections

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